A man who neighbors say slit his own throat was shot by police early this morning in North Bergen.

The incident occurred sometime around 4 a.m. at a three-story apartment building at 83rd Street and Kennedy Boulevard, neighbors say.

Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Guy Gregory confirmed the shooting but has yet to provide further details.

According to residents in the area, the man was fatally shot by police who responded to the scene after a neighbor called 911 and reported that he saw the man cut his own throat with the edge of a broken glass bottle.

Saul Cavero, 60, said he was leaving the apartment building and saw the man sitting by the front door.

The man was drunk and smashed a bottle of liquor he was holding against the floor, Cavero said, adding that the man then picked up a piece of glass and slit his own throat.

The man then ran inside the building into his third-floor apartment, Cavero said.

Neighbors say the man was a Guatemalan immigrant who worked as a landscaper and lived by himself.